In a clear effort to spread propaganda designed to help Democrats in their war against the Constitution and the Electoral College, CNN, the cable outlet dubbed the “least-trusted” name in network news, re-wrote history and told a blatant lie about the Electoral College.
According to Twitchy, CNN’s John Avlon distorted a quote to suggest James Madison — one of those responsible for the Electoral College — was really against the Electoral College.
The Electoral College has been debated since the days of James Madison, who called it "evil."
So could it actually be abolished? @JohnAvlon explores that in today’s #RealityCheck. https://t.co/lCGCfDTMSL pic.twitter.com/Z1Tct6bMQL
— CNN (@CNN) March 20, 2019
According to Avlon, the Founding Father who “basically created the Electoral College,” really thought it was “evil.”
There’s only one problem.
CNN misquoted Madison and took him out of context to do it.
Twitter gave the fake news network a remedial lesson in history:
Huh? Madison basically created the Electoral College. What he called "evil" was Thomas Jefferson's habit of using slave populations as a way to "weight" electoral vote allocations, and his trading favors for "winner-take-all" results that benefited him. https://t.co/8c5ornXWrK
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) March 20, 2019
Yeah…. that’s not accurate. pic.twitter.com/2985sNUueG
— Atlas Pounced (@DaveMBP) March 21, 2019
This is #fakenews from @CNN, and an absurd distortion of a Madison quote. He didn't call the EC "evil," he was talking about elections thrown to the House which awards 2 votes to states of every size. (This is the contingency for when a vote ISN'T decided by the EC). https://t.co/LTvybKmejw
— Jarrett Stepman (@JarrettStepman) March 20, 2019
The Washington Free Beacon’s Alex Griswold posted the source:
Yep, I was right. Madison wasn't referring to the *Electoral College* as "evil," he was calling the eventual certification by the House "evil," and he was using the word in the old-timey definition of harm or risk pic.twitter.com/2Ptsw57CEW
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 20, 2019
In the same letter he endorses an amendment to maintain the electoral college, but by *district* rather than state. Pretty far-flung from “evil.” https://t.co/G0mnNLgAf1 pic.twitter.com/6A7oGgduRq
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 20, 2019
So no, Madison did not think the Electoral College is evil. What IS evil, is CNN’s blatant attempt to make viewers think otherwise using a bald-faced lie.
JFC. This is why we need Civics classes back in schools.
— NonKompisMentis (@NonKompisMentis) March 20, 2019
You are misquoting Madison, you know. He was talking about Slavery. Besides, there is no way a full number of 38 states will agree, so just give it up..
— Jimmy Levy (@JimmyLevy15) March 20, 2019
When it comes to getting the quote right: pic.twitter.com/UYxma1fzgK
— Brent (@RedWolfDude) March 20, 2019
Who checks the reality checkers?
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) March 20, 2019
The number of flat out lies you sell your dimwitted audience is incredible.
— Antonio Martinez (@djtechchicago) March 20, 2019
— John Powell (@PowellJohnT) March 21, 2019
Not. One. Damned. Time.
— Jacob Mayer (@JacobMa46278607) March 20, 2019
Oh, CNN.
Wow, just WOW… pic.twitter.com/n7t3nfgnZV
— Grumpy Toxic Old White Guy (@awtberry) March 20, 2019
This is an absolute lie. @CNN doesn’t even care that they are lying anymore, and their 13 or 14 viewers can’t tell the difference.
— Heisenberg (@ATCSchu) March 21, 2019
True that!
This is CNN and they lie on purpose,
Much of this post was first seen at Conservative Firing Line
